<h4>Tool</h4><table border="0"><tr><td valign="top"><b>Name</b></td><td valign="top">Shapes Buffer</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>ID</b></td><td valign="top">18</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>Author</b></td><td valign="top">O.Conrad (c) 2008</td></tr></table><hr><h4>Description</h4>A vector based buffer construction partly based on the method supposed by Dong et al. 2003. 

References:
Dong, P, Yang, C., Rui, X., Zhang, L., Cheng, Q. (2003): 'An effective buffer generation method in GIS'. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International, Vol.6, p.3706-3708.
<a href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/9010/28606/01295244.pdf">online version</a>
<hr><h4>Parameters</h4><table border="1" width="100%" valign="top" cellpadding="5" rules="all"><tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Identifier</th><th>Description</th><th>Constraints</th></tr>
<tr><th colspan="5">Input</th></tr><tr><td>Shapes </td><td>Shapes (input)</td><td>SHAPES</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="5">Output</th></tr><tr><td>Buffer</td><td>Shapes (output)</td><td>BUFFER</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="5">Options</th></tr><tr><td>Buffer Distance</td><td>Table field</td><td>DIST_FIELD</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Default</td><td>Floating point</td><td>DIST_FIELD_DEFAULT</td><td>default value if no attribute has been selected</td><td>Minimum: 0.000000
Default: 100.000000</td></tr><tr><td>Scaling Factor for Attribute Value</td><td>Floating point</td><td>DIST_SCALE</td><td></td><td>Minimum: 0.000000
Default: 1.000000</td></tr><tr><td>Dissolve Buffers</td><td>Boolean</td><td>DISSOLVE</td><td></td><td>Default: 1</td></tr><tr><td>Number of Buffer Zones</td><td>Integer</td><td>NZONES</td><td></td><td>Minimum: 1
Default: 1</td></tr><tr><td>Inner Buffer</td><td>Boolean</td><td>POLY_INNER</td><td></td><td>Default: 0</td></tr><tr><td>Arc Vertex Distance [Degree]</td><td>Floating point</td><td>DARC</td><td></td><td>Minimum: 0.010000
Maximum: 45.000000
Default: 5.000000</td></tr></table>